Chips, digital tech, skill, health: India, Singapore set to sign four MoUs

Wang posted on X: “Welcome PM @narendramodi to Singapore! Delighted to have the chance to catch up over a meal at the Istana, before the official meetings tomorrow.”

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PM Narendra Modi being welcomed by the Indian diaspora in Singapore on Wednesday. PTI

At least four pacts on semiconductors, digital technology, health and skill development are expected to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the new Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and the country’s top leadership Wednesday and Thursday, it is learnt. A joint statement that will also delve into the semiconductor ecosystem partnership is also being discussed.

Modi arrived in Singapore Wednesday afternoon after wrapping up his visit to Brunei. He met PM Wong over a meal ahead of the official meetings on Thursday. “Happy to have met my friend, PM Lawrence Wong. Had an excellent discussion on a wide range of issues. India cherishes the friendship with Singapore,” Modi posted on X.

Wang posted on X: “Welcome PM @narendramodi to Singapore! Delighted to have the chance to catch up over a meal at the Istana, before the official meetings tomorrow.”

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On Thursday, Modi will receive an official welcome at Parliament House, call on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and meet PM Wong for bilateral talks. He will also meet Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong will also host a meal for PM Modi.

According to sources, the two PMs are expected to witness the exchange of MOUs on: Cooperation in Digital Technologies; Semiconductor Ecosystem Partnership; Cooperation in Health and Medicine, and on Educational Cooperation and Skills Development. Modi will also participate in a business roundtable with Singaporean business leaders.

Shubhajit Roy

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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